Visit to the British Geological Survey

Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh
On Monday 22nd June 2015, at 6pm

Robert Gatliff will give a brief introduction to the British Geological Survey and talk about the scope of recent research and plans
for the future. BGS research has high impact and work on groundwater flooding, shale gas resources, chaos caused by volcanic eruptions
and disasters like the Japanese tsunami keep BGS in the news. Hugh Barron will demonstrate how BGS uses digital aerial photography and
terrain models to assist with geological and geomorphological mapping, and an introduction to subsurface 3D modelling. Keith Westhead
will show how we use merged bathymetric and Lidar datasets to create seamless elevation surfaces across the coastline, and how we use
these to carry out virtual mapping of bedrock geology and coastal slope/cliff hazards using new computer mapping and 3D visualisation
software (GeoVisionary and BGS SIGMA) He will also show some data from Laserscans of cliff sections, including from around Lulworth
Cove, Dorset.